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Was wondering if anyone has a scrap pilot's side yoke (with PC valve hole) that they have lying around? I'll pay shipping. Looking to 3d print or fabricate an add on electric trim switch but the plane is 45 mintues away and I am more of an iterative design type of guy. Thanks in advance, John

Hi, we need a co-pilot's yoke, possibly would puchase a pair if you have them.

@MarkC Hope 27N is treating you well. I was a partner in this airplane about 15 years ago. What I always remember about the LASAR ignition is that no one had any idea how to work on it. My current M20C is a 74 model with a 201 cowl and slick mags. I can promise you I have way more CHT issues than 27N ever did. If the parts are still available I'd be inclined to keep it. But the hassle of maintaining an old system may not be worth it. Good luck, would love to see 27N again sometime.

Thanks to all have given their input. I'm going to remove the plastic and fabricate an aluminum overlay that will look a lot nicer. i will also figure out a way to get the dimensions recorded for future use by the group. Question - does anyone know how to remove the landing gear switch? I don't think the plastic will go around the "wheel" on the actuator, so I either need to remove it, or remove the switch somehow. Is the wheel just threaded onto the switch? Or do I need to remove the metal ring? And any idea what the hole in the ring is for?

Hank, I've sent you a PM with a question.

Hank, For sure I'd be willing to help in this regard. We aren't doing the work until the end of the year though. If I decide to DIY this and make a tracing I'll definitely get in touch. My thought would be to measure, then make a cad drawing. Sounds like a good rainy day project. I could even just upload the file here so others can use it.

Thanks to all, lots of good ideas here. I asked my IA about fabricating a new panel but he said it would require sign off by FSDO. But maybe if it is just an overlay then that is a different story? I have reverse engineering and fabrication experience, I could do this and am willing if legal. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

We have a 74C with the plastic cover on the panel. Considering an upgrade to the garmin G5. Am concerned about the "look" of this since the G5s mount on the surface and the plastic would need to be cut. I'd like to just remove the plastic altogether but the previous owner informs me that behind the plastic, it is pretty ugly. Has anyone else been in this situation? Are there other covers we could get in lieu of the plastic? have asked Lasar if they have panel blanks but they do not. I swear I've seen some vintage Mooneys in here with nice clean looking upgraded panels...would love to see pictures if you have them.

The NTSB splits these into two categories, accidents and incidents. This report is filtered to accidents. I could probably add another filter to allow you to choose.

Glad you're finding it useful; the rendering on mobile devices is not ideal. I'll see if there is a better way to scale this.

So, I think we have a poor visual here- the donut chart's scale makes the exterior labels a bit misleading and they run together. You can verify your selection by the tooltip that shows when you hover over a slice, or expand the donut chart with the icon that shows up in the top right when you hover on the chart (it says "focus mode"). The R and M are neighboring slices and it is easy to pick the wrong one. I checked the filter and it seems to be working as designed...if that isn't the issue then let me know.

Can you tell me a tail number of the missing plane? I will investigate against source.

So, the model data is human entered so there is not any consistency to the pattern they use. Sometimes it is M20R, M20-R, etc. I have a script that attempts to normalize this. I'll have to check why some of them are getting mixed in. As for the missing aircraft, I'm not sure on that one. The data is current at least of as Friday. Might be something with the make or model pattern. I'll look into it later and reply back. Thanks for the feedback.

I wanted to learn a new data analysis tool (Power BI) so I decided to build a simple dashboard based on the NTSB database. I thought it might be interesting to the Mooney community so I am sharing the link with you. This is the same data you'll find in lots of other places, but hopefully this visualization makes it easy to slice & dice. I'm working on some other similar ones that include the GA fleet at large and one that is focused on Van's RV aircraft (GA is here and Van's is here if you're curious).A couple notes:- The data source is the XML file on the NTSB site. They update the data once per day. At this time I'm not sure if the link I'm posting refreshes against that data or if I have to trigger that refresh on my side.- The report is fairly interactive, for example click on the model donut to filter the heat map and grid. Same thing on the heat map, click to filter by phase of flight. Click again to clear your filter. - Right clicking various objects gives you a few more filtering options including raw data.- If you click any of the links to the final report and don't get a result, it is because there isn't one issued yet. I'm just building that URL based on the accident number.- I'm certainly open to feedback/suggestions but this is just something I'm playing with so I can't promise I'll do anything else with it. I am hoping to publish some other variations at a later date.- I don't care if you share the link.- If a moderator wishes to move or delete this post, I'm fine with that, too. I hope this is educational. Blue skies. John

I can't find any info if Mooney will be on the STC List? Do you know for sure?

Our shop quoted 6500 and offered 250 for our GTX327. Guess I should keep looking. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not sure if this is still a possibility but +1 for a mooney customer. Looking to ditch a Brittain system in a 74 C model. Had already been planning on an aspen.

We have the Brittain Accutrak in our 74 M20C. I have personally never witnessed this device to work when tracking a nav source, so I thought I'd throw out my observations and see what you guys think. First: I verified PC operation doing the taxi test. Works as expected. In flight, I can command a roll using the accutrak knob. Works fine in either direction. Pretty rapid response. What I can't figure out is if it is properly tracking the nav source. The CDI is hooked up to a G530. If I turn the unit off and let the plane go right of course, when I turn the autopilot back on it seems to try to pull me back. No noticeable response when I go left of course. No real difference between high/low sensitivity. But, I just don't really know how this thing should behave. For example, how far off course will it let you go before it responds? One dot deflection? Two? The original owner of the plane insists it works...and in somewhat recent history the entire system was checked out by Brittain. So maybe it did work, but I'm not seeing it behave as I would expect. Granted, I've never owned a plane with an autopilot before. My first C model only had the regular PC. Thoughts? Anyone have similar experience? Thanks, John

Thank you for the reply. I have no idea for either aircraft. I just searched the Mooney Service Bulletins on the website and couldn't find it. You don't happen to know any more about this SB, do you?

Long time lurker, first time poster. I'd like to relate a story that has happened to me now with two separate aircraft I've flown. The scenarios are so similar that it doesn't seem like it could be a coincidence, but I'd like to see if anyone has ever heard of this happening. I had a 1968 M20C with several partners about 6 years ago. After we did an overhaul and had flown about 40 hours, one of my partners was flying at about 6000 feet when he noticed the throttle un-responsive. The linkage had become disconnected at the carb, presumably because the bolt either didn't have a castle nut or the pin came out. Long story short, he made a safe landing (dead stick) at the nearest airport. Fast forward 6 or 7 years. I have moved to another state and am in another group with a 1974 M20C. We did an overhaul earlier this year, and when I did the first flight with the new engine on the plane, I made sure with my own eyes that this connection was secured, had a castle nut and cotter pin. All went well for the first 20 hours, when pretty much the same thing happened to my new partner. While flying a practice approach with an instructor, they found the throttle unresponsive and the engine was stuck at 15" MP. This time the results weren't as good- high speed on a dead stick landing resulted in a porpoise, prop strike and all the fun stuff associated with an engine tear down, but everyone walked away. Upon inspection the bolt was missing and they found a couple washers inside the cowling, but everything else was gone. This is just too weird to be a coincidence in my mind. These are two different planes, with work done by two different shops in different states, but the situation is nearly identical. I'm not sure how a nut with a cotter pin in it could come loose. I can't be sure that the in first incident that the fastener even had one, but in the second, I saw it with my own eyes and everything looked good. In the first case, the work of the mechanic has other reason to be suspect, but the second guy is really good. However, neither has a bunch of Mooney experience. I'd sure love to hear from anyone with similar experience, or more importantly, solutions! Thanks, John B 74 M20C KPSK